diff --git a/lib/ovs-router.c b/lib/ovs-router.c
index 5d0fbd503e9..d8976159cb9 100644
--- a/lib/ovs-router.c
+++ b/lib/ovs-router.c
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ ovs_router_get_netdev_source_address(const struct in6_addr *ip6_dst,
     struct netdev *dev;
     bool is_ipv4;
 
+    if (!strcmp(output_bridge, "kube-ipvs0")) {
+        VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl, "skip getting source address for device kube-ipvs0");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     err = netdev_open(output_bridge, NULL, &dev);
     if (err) {
         return err;